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APA-57 Gilliam



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
Gilliam Class Attack Transport:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1850) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington CA.
  • Launched, 28 March 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 31 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS Gilliam (APA-57), 1 August 1944, Cdr. H. B. Olsen in command
  • During WWII Gilliam was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operations
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 5 April 1945

  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sunk by Test Able, 1 July 1946 at Bikini Atoll
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,247 t.(lt), 7,080 t.(fl)
    Length 426'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 16'
    Speed 16.9 kts.
    Complement 27 Officers 295 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 47 Officers, 802 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 85,000 cu. ft., 600 t.
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion Westinghouse turbo-electric drive, 2 boilers, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000
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    Gilliam 41k Gilliam (APA-57) underway, date and place unknown. Ted Aanenson
    Crittenden 127k Operation Crossroads prospective target ships and support ships at Pearl Harbor in a photo released, 27 February 1946.
    Ships present from front to rear include:
    Crittenden (APA-77),
    Catron (APA-71),
    Bracken (APA-64),
    Burleson (APA-67),
    Gilliam (APA-57),
    Fallon (APA-81), one unidentified ship,
    Fillmore (APA-83),
    Kochab (AKS-6),
    Luna (AKS-7) and an unidentified tanker and liberty ship. Identifiable on the right are
    LSM-203 and
    LSM-465. Farther in the background are a floating drydock and a merchant ship hulk with unidentified fittings forward of the bridge.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-702126 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    View the Gilliam (APA-57)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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